To my knowledge, there is no
connection between Pollock/Electrohome/Phonola and the US machines made
under the 'Phonola' name by Conley and later Waters Conley. My
thanks to Ed Grzanowski, Jr.of Plymouth, Michigan for asking about
these US machines
and sending pictures of his upright machine.

From Antique Electric Waffle Irons 1900-1960
by William George:

"For years, the Conley
Company had made windup record players for Sears. When (Glen)
Waters bought the company in 1939, it became the Waters-Conley Company
and shortly after converted to making "Phonola" electronic
phonographs."

177. Phonola – Caloric
Sales Company, 1381 Continental and Commercial Bank Building, Chicago,
Illinois. October 1916.
The following is excerpted from
"Photographs To Phonographs" by David N. Sterling which seems to have
been an article for "The Photographic Collector's Newsletter", Volume
III, Number 4, (June 1975):